How to unwarp Pine sleeper?

[jaiprak]

I have treated pine garden bed (around 5-7 yrs old) running alone the perimeter of the house. They have been capped with 75mm sleeper on top and some of them have warped over time. I see the that the capping has been secured by nails. Would I be able to straighten the capping by screwing batten screws? The timber has warped atleast by 5-10 cm in certain places.

[EricL]

Hi @Noyade 

Sorry to hear that the experiment did not work. I was hopeful that the cut would allow you to untwist the sleeper. But I'm afraid the fibres in the tree are just too tough. 

Eric

[Noyade]

Hi again @jaiprak 

"Hi Noyade - Now that’s how an engineer would like to fix it and I wish I am in my 20s and have a lot of throw away time and curiosity."

I'm no engineer.

I'm not young.

But I do have time on my hands. 👍

And I do like to utilise "free" products where I can, so I've decided I'm gonna use these sleepers. My project is to raise a Berlin Wall and wage a war against those black birds with orange beaks who shot-put bark over the present barricade. I'm gonna fabricate my own steel supports and whip those sleepers into alignment - even if it kills me! 😁 And paint.

[jaiprak]

Reduce reuse recycle is the way to go. I live in a suburb that is still building and on a walk every now and then I find strip of nails, screws and pipes that I put to reuse.

curious to see how you reused it.

[Noyade]

Morning @jaiprak 

Agree about recycling - especially steel.

I don't want to derail your thread any further - so I'll start another one at some point showing what happens - success or failure.

I'm thinking "Building a Better Bird Bark Barrier."

Cheers!

[Noyade]

"I have treated pine garden bed (around 5-7 yrs old) running alone the perimeter of the house."

I went to Bunnings this morning to look at hardware for my 'Bird Wall" and saw these sleepers - I think they're 300 x100mm.

You may take some solace @jaiprak in these photos, proof that warped/deteriorating sleepers happens to the best.

This is part of the Bunnings delivery area - which must have been built circa 2010.

Australia's environment is cruel and harsh.

[jaiprak]

Yup agree that it is natural process for any wood. Did you manage to shoo the brown with yellow beak birds?

[Noyade]

Hi @jaiprak 

I'm working on it...

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Outdoor/How-to-extend-the-height-of-garden-bed/m-p/163565#M2...